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RHanselman · 02-10-2008

I can burn that in 2 hrs or if I stay in afterburner I can burn it in 11 min's.

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Originally Posted by phrogs

It blows me away the way the govenment talks all this **** about fuel and emissions. Damn I burn up thousands of gallons of jp-5 in a few hours of flying around training.

we load up to 11500 lbs of fuel for 4 hours of flying that means we have about

thats right at 1716 gallons of fuel used in 4 hours

whats my miles per gallon?

LGAFF · 02-10-2008

Hey leadfoot,

lighten up, you just burned up damn near what I pay in taxes each year in a few minutes. I think we should all get a ride since we're pickin up the bill. I am headed to Bloomington MN tomorrow, pick me up at 8am. I'm across the street from Lake in the Hills airport, we'll see how good you are with landing.

LGAFF
92 ZR1
#234

rkreigh · 02-11-2008

for starters you would be replacing the fuel system to include pumps, injectors, and anything not suitable in the fuel system

also a headache would be the calibration, doable, but not been done yet.

it sure works well with turbos though and might enable the stock compression ratio to work well with some relatively serious boost!!

some of the heavy hitters are running turbos and E85. the higher octane and detonation resistance can make the "juice worth the squeeze"

I agree about E85 not being a good deal to replace dino fuel.

problem is, gas is getting more expensive all the time. but if you remove the "federal subsidies" from E85 it would cost just as much and not take you nearly as far as you need to burn about 30-40% more

pure alchy has about .6 the energy of gas

if anyone wants to buy an alchy vette, try this one on for size, it runs low 9's no waiting, and has an alchy injection system!!

it's for sale if anyone is interested, I need to buy SOMETHING practical

02-10-2008	#12
LGAFF Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL Posts: 7,194	Re: E85 Conversion? Hey leadfoot, lighten up, you just burned up damn near what I pay in taxes each year in a few minutes. I think we should all get a ride since we're pickin up the bill. I am headed to Bloomington MN tomorrow, pick me up at 8am. I'm across the street from Lake in the Hills airport, we'll see how good you are with landing. LGAFF 92 ZR1 #234 Last edited by LGAFF; 02-10-2008 at 11:59 PM.

02-11-2008	#13
rkreigh Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Alex VA Posts: 1,087	Re: E85 Conversion? for starters you would be replacing the fuel system to include pumps, injectors, and anything not suitable in the fuel system also a headache would be the calibration, doable, but not been done yet. it sure works well with turbos though and might enable the stock compression ratio to work well with some relatively serious boost!! some of the heavy hitters are running turbos and E85. the higher octane and detonation resistance can make the "juice worth the squeeze" I agree about E85 not being a good deal to replace dino fuel. problem is, gas is getting more expensive all the time. but if you remove the "federal subsidies" from E85 it would cost just as much and not take you nearly as far as you need to burn about 30-40% more pure alchy has about .6 the energy of gas if anyone wants to buy an alchy vette, try this one on for size, it runs low 9's no waiting, and has an alchy injection system!! it's for sale if anyone is interested, I need to buy SOMETHING practical __________________ 95 390 LPE ZR1 (505 rwhp) LSV = Lingenfelter Super Vette Twin Turbo 2003 Z06 (800 RWHP)